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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 10/3/2010

Michael of point pleasant, nj usa asks...

The 'A' team has a free kick from about 40 yards out in the offensive half and the ball is kicked directly to a spot in front of the goal where it is deflected by an opponent 'B' to one of the 'A' team players. According to the referee, when asked th...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/1/2010

Paul Davidson of ALBUQUERQUE, nm USA asks...

Determining offside and what constitutes a play on the ball:

Assume Player A2 is in a clear offside position.

I am curious how the committee defines what constitutes a play on the ball by the defense in the following three cases:<...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/26/2010

Kenneth Paul of Wayland, MA USA asks...

I've read, re-read, and read again the official FIFA law on offside, but I've never seen anything from FIFA stating when a player stops being offside.

Clearly if a teammate touches the ball and you've returned to an onside position, you coul...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/26/2010

Mark of Palos Verdes, CA USA asks...

A player in an offside position (PIOP) makes no attempt to play a hard shot ball kicked by his teammate that is on its way in to the corner of the goal. However, the ball glances off the back of the PIOP and is ever so slightly deflected, but contin...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/23/2010

shankar of sanquelim, Goa India asks...

when the player of the team a is outside the line of the goal post and the goal keeper of the team a is in side the post and if the player of team b score the goal will u call it as off side or goal
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Law 11 - Offside 9/21/2010

Ron of Hagerstown, MD USA asks...

Keeper gathers the ball and decides to punt it. If I am in an offside position and touch the ball 1st, is that an offside penalty?

Drop kick change any thing?
Throwing it change any thing?...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/21/2010

robert of city red, MD us asks...

If you are on a break away, you shoot and hit the post. Can you touch the ball if its on the rebound or is that offside? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/20/2010

DougB of Irvine, Ca USA asks...

In regards to the third scenario, I would like to offer what might have been happening, at least based on the description.

'Girl on a breakaway shoots but goalie stops with feet and then continues to dribble out of box, girl comes from behin...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/19/2010

DougB of Irvine, Ca USA asks...

I understand what the law says, and it makes sense, I believe. In my scenario described,

Player A at the 30, Player B at the 15 when Player A sends the ball.

Player B is involved with the play right by the corner. The IFK is at t...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/18/2010

mark b of SF, Ca usa asks...

Hi. I was playing attacker the other day in an adult recreation game. The play was in the defenders' half of the field and I was standing in the goal area. I was *not* offsides and the ball was *not* in the goal area. One of the defenders told me I...

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